Here’s the deal: For $65, you get to sample food from a dozen participating restaurants. There’s an open bar, too. All proceeds go to the Governor’s Colorado Fire Relief Fund, which supports volunteer fire departments, disaster agencies and other organizations that have been saddled with unexpected expenses from the fires.

The deets: Entries must be sent with an entry form by Dec. 31; photos must be taken in 2012 and have something to do with ag; prizes are awarded in agritourism, crops, livestock, people and open professional; amateurs can enter every category, but professional photographers are limited to the “open professional” category.

Grand winner gets $150, and category winners receive a “Colorado … It’s AgriCultural” prize pack. All winning photographs get displayed in the Beede-Hamil Agriculture Building at Northeastern Junior College in Sterling.